The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) Eastern Conference's Metropolitan Division. Since their inaugural season in 1967, the team has played its home games on Broad Street in South Philadelphia, first at the Spectrum from 1967 to 1996 and then at the Xfinity Mobile Arena since 1996. In 58 completed seasons (excluding the that was canceled due to lockout), the team has won the Stanley Cup as NHL champions twice and has qualified for the playoffs 41 times. They have played more than 400 playoff games, winning 235. As of the end of the , Philadelphia has won more than 2,000 regular season games, the seventh-highest victory total among NHL teams and the most among non-Original Six teams. The Flyers also possess an all-time .567 points percentage, the fourth-highest among NHL teams.
The Flyers were founded in 1967 and won consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975, the first expansion team to do so. The team has since lost in six return trips to the Stanley Cup Final in 1976, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1997 and 2010. The Flyers have never won the Presidents' Trophy, although they led the NHL in regular season points in , and , before the league began awarding the trophy.
Table key +Key of colors and symbolsColor/symbolExplanation Stanley Cup champions Conference champions Division champions Led league in points
+Key of terms and abbreviationsTerm or abbreviationDefinitionFinishFinal position in division or league standingsGPNumber of games playedWNumber of winsLNumber of lossesTNumber of tiesOTNumber of losses in overtime (since the 1999–2000 season)PtsNumber of pointsGFGoals for (goals scored by the Flyers)GAGoals against (goals scored by the Flyers' opponents)—Does not apply
Year by year +Year by year listing of all seasons played by the Philadelphia FlyersNHL seasonFlyers seasonConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseasonFinishGPWLTOTPtsGFGAGPWLGFGAResult1967–68—West1st74313211—731731797341717Lost quarterfinals to St. Louis Blues, 3–41968–69—West3rd76203521—61174225404317Lost quarterfinals to St. Louis Blues, 0–41969–70—West5th76173524—58197225—————Did not qualify1970–71—West3rd78283317—73207225404820Lost quarterfinals to Chicago Black Hawks, 0–41971–72—West5th78263814—66200236—————Did not qualify1972–73—West2nd78373011—8529625611562731Won quarterfinals vs. Minnesota North Stars, 4–2Lost semifinals to Montreal Canadiens, 1–41973–74—West1st78501612—112273164171255436Won quarterfinals vs. Atlanta Flames, 4–0Won semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–3Won Stanley Cup Final vs. Boston Bruins, 4–21974–75CampbellPatrick1st80511811—113293181171255334Won quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–0Won semifinals vs. New York Islanders, 4–3Won Stanley Cup Final vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–21975–76CampbellPatrick1st80511316—11834820916885652Won quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–3Won semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–1Lost Stanley Cup Final to Montreal Canadiens, 0–41976–77CampbellPatrick1st80481616—11232321310462732Won quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–2Lost semifinals to Boston Bruins, 0–41977–78CampbellPatrick2nd80452015—10529620012753735Won preliminary round vs. Colorado Rockies, 2–0Won quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–1Lost semifinals to Boston Bruins, 1–41978–79CampbellPatrick2nd80402515—952812488352337Won preliminary round vs. Vancouver Canucks, 2–1Lost quarterfinals to New York Rangers, 1–41979–80CampbellPatrick1st80481220—116327254191367853Won preliminary round vs. Edmonton Oilers, 3–0Won quarterfinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–1Won semifinals vs. Minnesota North Stars, 4–1Lost Stanley Cup Final to New York Islanders, 2–41980–81CampbellPatrick2nd80412415—9731324912664839Won preliminary round vs. Quebec Nordiques, 3–2Lost quarterfinals to Calgary Flames, 3–41981–82WalesPatrick3rd80383111—873253134131519Lost division semifinals to New York Rangers, 1–31982–83WalesPatrick1st8049238—106326240303918Lost division semifinals to New York Rangers, 0–31983–84WalesPatrick3rd80442610—98350290303515Lost division semifinals to Washington Capitals, 0–31984–85WalesPatrick1st8053207—113348241191276054Won division semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 3–0Won division finals vs. New York Islanders, 4–1Won conference finals vs. Quebec Nordiques, 4–2Lost Stanley Cup Final to Edmonton Oilers, 1–41985–86WalesPatrick1st8053234—1103352415231518Lost division semifinals to New York Rangers, 2–31986–87WalesPatrick1st8046268—1003102452615118573Won division semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–2Won division finals vs. New York Islanders, 4–3Won conference finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–2Lost Stanley Cup Final to Edmonton Oilers, 3–41987–88WalesPatrick3rd8038339—852922927342531Lost division semifinals to Washington Capitals, 3–41988–89WalesPatrick4th8036368—80307285191096460Won division semifinals vs. Washington Capitals, 4–2Won division finals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–3Lost conference finals to Montreal Canadiens, 2–41989–90WalesPatrick6th80303911—71290297—————Did not qualify1990–91WalesPatrick5th80333710—76252267—————Did not qualify1991–92WalesPatrick6th80323711—75252273—————Did not qualify1992–93WalesPatrick5th84363711—83319319—————Did not qualify1993–94EasternAtlantic6th84353910—80294314—————Did not qualify1994–95EasternAtlantic1st4828164—60150132151055043Won conference quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–1Won conference semifinals vs. New York Rangers, 4–0Lost conference finals to New Jersey Devils, 2–41995–96EasternAtlantic1st82452413—10328220812663728Won conference quarterfinals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning, 4–2Lost conference semifinals to Florida Panthers, 2–41996–97EasternAtlantic2nd82452413—103274217191276749Won conference quarterfinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–1Won conference semifinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–1Won conference finals vs. New York Rangers, 4–1Lost Stanley Cup Final to Detroit Red Wings, 0–41997–98EasternAtlantic2nd82422911—95242193514918Lost conference quarterfinals to Buffalo Sabres, 1–41998–99EasternAtlantic2nd82372619—93231196624119Lost conference quarterfinals to Toronto Maple Leafs, 2–41999–2000EasternAtlantic1st824522123105237179181174440Won conference quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–1Won conference semifinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–2Lost conference finals to New Jersey Devils, 3–42000–01EasternAtlantic2nd8243251131002402076241321Lost conference quarterfinals to Buffalo Sabres, 2–42001–02EasternAtlantic1st82422710397234192514211Lost conference quarterfinals to Ottawa Senators, 1–42002–03EasternAtlantic2nd82452013410721116613673433Won conference quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–3Lost conference semifinals to Ottawa Senators, 2–42003–04EasternAtlantic1st824021156101229186181175043Won conference quarterfinals vs. New Jersey Devils, 4–1Won conference semifinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs, 4–2Lost conference finals to Tampa Bay Lightning, 3–42004–05EasternAtlantic Season canceled due to 2004–05 NHL lockout2005–06EasternAtlantic2nd824526—111012672596241427Lost conference quarterfinals to Buffalo Sabres, 2–42006–07EasternAtlantic5th822248—1256214303—————Did not qualify2007–08EasternAtlantic4th824229—119524823317985252Won conference quarterfinals vs. Washington Capitals, 4–3Won conference semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1Lost conference finals to Pittsburgh Penguins, 1–42008–09EasternAtlantic3rd824427—11992642386241616Lost conference quarterfinals to Pittsburgh Penguins, 2–42009–10EasternAtlantic3rd824135—688235225231497661Won conference quarterfinals vs. New Jersey Devils, 4–1Won conference semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, 4–3Won conference finals vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–1Lost Stanley Cup Final to Chicago Blackhawks, 2–42010–11EasternAtlantic1st824723—1210625922311472938Won conference quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres, 4–3Lost conference semifinals to Boston Bruins, 0–42011–12EasternAtlantic3rd824726—910326423211564144Won conference quarterfinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–2Lost conference semifinals to New Jersey Devils, 1–42012–13EasternAtlantic4th482322—349133141—————Did not qualify2013–14EasternMetropolitan3rd824230—10942362357341619Lost first round to New York Rangers, 3–42014–15EasternMetropolitan6th823331—1884215234—————Did not qualify2015–16EasternMetropolitan5th824127—1496214218624614Lost first round to Washington Capitals, 2–42016–17EasternMetropolitan6th823933—1088219236—————Did not qualify2017–18EasternMetropolitan3rd824226—14982512436241528Lost first round to Pittsburgh Penguins, 2–42018–19EasternMetropolitan6th823737—882244281—————Did not qualify2019–20EasternMetropolitan2nd694121—789232196161063840Finished first in seeding round-robin (3–0)Won first round vs. Montreal Canadiens, 4–2Lost second round to New York Islanders, 3–42020–21—East6th562523—858163201—————Did not qualify2021–22EasternMetropolitan8th822546—1161211298—————Did not qualify2022–23EasternMetropolitan7th823138—1375222277—————Did not qualify2023–24EasternMetropolitan6th823833—1187235261—————Did not qualify2024–25EasternMetropolitan8th823339—1076238286—————Did not qualify2025–26EasternMetropolitan3rd824327—129825024310462124Won first round vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–2Lost second round to Carolina Hurricanes, 0–4Totals4,5812,2491,6354572405,19514,77013,5134592352241,3561,35641 playoff appearances
See also List of NHL seasons
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